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UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. m5.

INVENTOR Mn- 2 K A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 24, 1918,

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

EDMUND C. HEYN, 01' CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE B. V. D. COMPANY,

' OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFDE LAWABE.

UNDERGABMENT.

Specification 01 Letters ma.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application filed December 7, 1915. Serial No. 05,495.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen ,of the United States, and resident of Catou'sville, county'of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Undergarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to undergarments and more particularly to union suits of the sleeveless or athletic type and has for its object toprovide such garments with'an improved shoulder construction whereby a universally satisfactory fit is secured and the degree of comfort to the wearer is increased. Other objects of my improvement will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty yvill be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate an example of my invention Figure 1 is a front view of a garment including my improvement; Fig. 2 is a detail plan view on an enlarged scale and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-45 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings the garment comprises the usual front section 5 provided with detachable closing devices 6, the rear section 7 and the leg sections 8. The front section 5 is formed with continuin shoulder sections or straps 9 which exten over the shoulders toward the rear, while the rear shoulder sections or straps 9 and section 7 is formed with continuing shoulder sections or straps 10 which extend over the shoulders toward the front of the garment. The garment in the main, including the 10, is preferably constructed of a woven material which is substantially inelastic. The free edges 9 and 10 of the shoulder sections 9 and 10 are spaced from each other and are connected by means 'of an insertion 11 of relatively elastic material, the insertion 11 having its opposite ends secured respectively to the shoulder sections 9 and 10 by sewing in any customary manner. The insertion 11 preferably has a tubular form produced by folding said insertion upon itself at opposite edges so that said opposite edges are adjacent to and ossibly in engagement with each other pre erably though not necessarily along the major median line of the insertion. These opposed edges are connected by means of an'elastic seam 12 which if the said edges meet along the major median line of the insertion also extends along said major me d l e and may pass entirel' throuh the Be it known that I, EDMUND C. Hm, y g

said insertion so as to divide same into two parallel tubes or simply connect said opposededges without passin through the one layer of lnsertion materiaE stance by the stitching whereby the said sections and said insertion are secured together and is of relatively less elasticity than the insertlon 11 itself. With this arrange ment the stretch of the insertion 11 is limited and is arrested at a; redetermined point to prevent excessive an harmful stretching of said insertion whereby permanent distortion thereof is avoided. The elasticity of the seam 12 is always sufficient to permit said insertion 11 to yield sufliciently under ment and may be constructed in any desired length and then cut into sections of the required size.

My improved insertion and shoulder construction adds materially to the comfort and wearing qualities of the garment and requlres no special cutting of said garment be fore being incorporated therein, thus adapting it for use in any undergarments, partic ularly those of the athletic or sleeveless type. Various changes in the specific arrange.- ment shown and described may be made Within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention. I claim; 1. In an undergarment, shoulder sections of relatively inelastic material forming con tinuations respectively of the front and rear of the garment, an elastic shoulder insertion connecting said shoulder sections and an elastic seam extending lengthwise of said in- In either case; the sald elastic seam 12 is also connected w1th the shoulder sections 9 and 10 for inconnecting said shoulder sections and having its opposite edges folded upon itself and meeting along the major median line of said insertion and in elastic seam extending be- 1;:6611 said shoulder sections and through said insertion along said major median line and connecting the opposite edges of said insertion together, said seam having less elasticity than said insertion whereby the stretch of the latter is limited. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDMUND C. IIEYN. 

